2023 Torzi Matthews Frost Dodger Riesling

93 Points, Gary Walsh (TWF) - "Preserved lemon, white pepper and spice, white flowers, fennel, and fresh apricot. It’s juicy, quite yellow in flavour, with a fine dusty/chalky texture, bright acidity, pink grapefruit with some pith, almond, and a firm chalky finish of excellent length, with a cinch of citrus peel bitterness. Texture is lovely, and indeed, this Riesling continues to be one of the most distinctive offerings available from this country. As an aside, it’s quite Italianate in its delivery, which of course I really like."

Lovely mild vintage for the Barossa allowing for flavours to slowly build with excellent acid retention to aid in the wines freshness and styling has produced silver green streaked fruit of amazing flavours and natural holding acidity sees this 2023 Riesling release continue its stardom qualities to achieve another great cellaring offering.

Whole bunch pressed and free run only. Natural cold settling for 12 days then racked with little solids remaining for wild yeast ferment at low temperature for 6 weeks continuing with lees aging for 8 weeks for added texture, weight and complexity. Again expect high tone aromatics of white stone fruits, grapefruit, white flowers & lime. The real star is the palate which reveals all of the aromatics but sears with powered fruit, spice, pith, texture, weight & persistence that finishes crisp, dry & long.